War
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Cluster Bomb Treaty and the World's Unfinished Business (Ramzy Baroud)
Dec. 13, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The United States, Russia and China are sending a terrible message to the rest of the world by refusing to take part in the historic signing of a treaty that bans ...
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Role of Alleged CIA Asset in Mumbai Attacks Being Downplayed (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Recent press reports on developments with regard to last month’s attacks in Mumbai, India indicate the role of Dawood Ibrahim, a wanted crime boss, terrorist, and drug trafficker, is being ...
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New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade (Jeremy R. Hammond)
The New York Times and other major U.S. media sources commonly report on the production of opium in Afghanistan as though it were under the control of the Taliban. The facts on the ground, however, ...
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Gaza: Salvation in a News Broadcast (Ramzy Baroud)
Dec. 1, 2008 (World News Trust) -- When Gaza's electricity is in working order, most Palestinians in the impoverished and overcrowded Strip huddle around their television screens. It's neither ...
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The Rights of Women as Casualties of War (Ramzy Baroud)
Nov. 21, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar tragedies. But their losses also helped further ...
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A Wanted Man in Burma (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Writer Antonio Graceffo has become the target of a disinformation campaign by the ruling junta in Burma for opposing the oppressive regime.
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A Wanted Man in Burma (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Writer Antonio Graceffo has become the target of a disinformation campaign by the ruling junta in Burma for opposing the oppressive regime.
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Unsettling Signs: Buzzwords, Politics and US Elections (Ramzy Baroud)
Nov. 14, 2008 -- (World News Trust) -- There are a few buzzwords that every American politician, aiming for high office must utilize, even if disingenuously, to have a reasonable chance at getting ...
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Playgrounds for Palestine: One Marathon at a Time (Ramzy Baroud)
Nov. 6, 2008 (World News Trust) -- My right knee is wrapped. My left ankle is iced. I lost the nail on my right big toe, and have about 20 blisters and a similar number of bruises on both of my ...
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The Racism of McCain... and Obama... and the Media (Jeremy R. Hammond)
The underlying assumption in the argument that association with Rashid Khalidi or his views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict is worthy of criticism is itself, by its own standard, inherently ...
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A Third Palestinian Intifada in the Making (Ramsy Baroud)
Oct. 31, 2008 (World News Trust) -- At a recent conference I was repeatedly asked about the prospects for a third Palestinian uprising, or Intifada. The question, although seemingly uncomplicated, ...
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